EVENT HIGHLIGHTSA sneak peak at some of the highlights from this year's Routes Asia forum in Chengdu, China. The full highlights video will be uploaded onto Routes TV in the coming weeks.

EMIRATES AIRLINEANDREW PARKER, Senior Vice President Public, International, Industry & Environmental Affairs, highlights the latest developments at the Dubai-based carrier, why China is an important market for the carrier and how it intends to boost capacity into the country with the introduction of the A380 on flights to Shanghai and possible new routes to Chengdu and Hangzhou.

INDIGOSANJAY KUMAR, Chief Commercial Officer, IndiGo details the airline's domestic and international network, new aircraft arrivals, the imminent announcement of new routes and the three business fundamentals that have made the airline a success in a challenging market.

CEBU PACIFICALEX REYES, Vice President Commercial Planning outlines the low-cost carrier's future plans as an additional 13 short-haul aircraft joins its fleet over the coming two years as well as the first of its Airbus A330s for expansion into medium- and long-haul markets.

MANCHESTER AIRPORT GROUPKEN O'TOOLE, Chief Commercial Officer, highlights the importance of the Asian market for network development, how Manchester Airport is fighting to plug its passenger leakage to London and the similarities and differences in working for a major airport and budget carrier Ryanair.

TOURISM AUSTRALIAANDREW MCEVOY, Managing Director, outlines why Australia's airports are taking a team approach under the 'One Voice' principle to attract new operators into the country, recent network success across the country and the arrival of Asian low-cost carriers into the Australian market.

SKYGO LEASINGSean Monnery, Executive Vice President Commercial, details the company's business strategy to place European aircraft capacity in Asia during the Northern Winter and how the venture is working with start-up carriers in Palau, Thailand and Vietnam.

AUCKLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTGlenn Wedlock, General Manager Aeronautical Business Development, looks at some of the key developments at New Zealand's largest airport including the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to resurrect a link to Jakarta with Garuda Indonesia.

GARUDA INDONESIABAYU WIDHIYANTO, Senior Manager Network Planning, details the importance of high-yield passengers, the new opportunities rapid fleet growth will bring to the Indonesian national carrier and plans to add a second destination in Europe to the airline's network.

MINISTRY OF TOURISM SEYCHELLESALAIN ST. AGNE, Tourism Minister, reveals what kind of welcome delegates to this year's Routes Africa can expect, the challenges the archipelago currently faces and how the country's national carrier Air Seychelles plans to expand into new markets with the support of shareholder Etihad Airways.

DARWIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTJIM PARASHOS, Director Airline & Airport Services expresses his joy at the facility picking up the Routes Airport Marketing Award for the Asia region, the importance of securing a network connection to the world, investment at the Australian airport and targets for future network growth.

JAPAN AIRLINESGENEN NISHIMURA, International Network Planning Managing Division Route Marketing, details the importance of the premium market and business travellers on the airline's strategy and the arrival of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the Japanese flag carrier's fleet.

AIR CHINAWANG YONG, Deputy General Manager, and TARIQ BUTT, Vice President Airport Marketing & Aero Business, Mumbai International Airport, highlight the new flight of Air China between Shanghai, Chengdu and Mumbai which will launch at the start of May.

SYDNEY AIRPORTNIK HAMMOND, Airline Marketing Manager Aviation Services, reveals why the Chinese market is of such importance in Asia, the airport's plans for new services into the country and how India is also a target market for future flights as there are currently no direct links to Sydney from the country.

CHENGDU SHUANGLIU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTYAN YUHUA, Aviation Market Development, outlines plans to attract new international airlines to the Chinese facility, the planned opening of the new Terminal 2 and details of a sister airport agreement with Melbourne International Airport in Australia.

MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTRAJEEV JAIN, President, outlines the plans for Routes Asia 2013 and how the airport plans to showcase its new terminal building which will open later next year to all event delegates, highlights the need for additional long-haul flights and details how the problems in the Indian market are impacting airports in the country.

EKATERINBURG KOLTSOVO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTDMITRY ZAIKAN, Deputy to Commercial Director at the host of this year's Routes CIS forum, highlights recent route success at the expanding Russian facility and the latest developments with its new airport holding company.

YB DATUK AMAR ABDUL RAHMAN ZOHARI BIN TUN ABANG HAJI OPENG, Minister of Housing and Tourism outlines the important role events like Routes Asia play in promoting destinations to airlines across the world and build relationships with partners.

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